Word of advice - never look at the guy next to you to see what he is doing for speed and difficulty. I was about 40 minutes into a pretty solid bike interval at level 8 and had to fire up the "hills" at the end (and drop my RPMs down to 50-60 range). I got up to level 12 and my legs were burning. I glanced next to me at the man who was easily 8-10 years my senior and he was cranking away at level 12 with much higher RPMs. Must have either been a different bike or a side effect of his cialis, but he cranked away pretty well at that high level.
More interval training tomorrow followed by "yoga" on Friday. I have no idea what Yoga is. My gym offers classes which I can take for free, but unfortunately didn't plan the week out well. Yvonne tells me there is Yoga on demand at home via cable. That should be fun. Nothing like trying to do yoga in my living room with multiple dog noses up my butt.
I guess it is supposed to help with strength and flexibility, so I'm sticking to the plan. I haven't been on a scale this week, but everybody is telling me I'm looking slimmer, so that is a good thing. 11 more weeks of off-season training, trip to Disney with the family (coinciding with a business conference), and then a week break before I hit the real training 9 months out. Holy crap that seems to be coming up fast. My legs are burning after a one hour workout. I certainly have my training cut out for me.
Well, at least I've registered and have a place to stay in Lake Placid...
Bike fast. Take chances.
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